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Nuphaea
Genus Nuphaea Gee, David W. Taylor Int. J. Pl. Sci., 180(7): 726. 31 Jul 2019
- Name
- Nuphaea
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Gee C. T.
Taylor D. W.
- Publication
- An extinct transitional leaf genus of Nymphaeaceae from the Eocene Lake at Messel, Germany: Nuphaea engelhardtii Gee et David W. Taylor gen. et sp. nov. [2019/7]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 180
- Issue
- 7
- Page number
- 726
- Year
- 2019
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Nymphaeaceae
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Type
- Nuphaea engelhardtii
- Diagnosis
- Leaves simple, macrophyllous; leaf outline
ovate; petiolar attachment eccentric peltate; thick medial
primary vein narrowing distally; secondary vein category weak
brochidodromous to cladodromous; secondary veins extending
off the midvein with a straight course and intermittently irregularly
spaced; cordate base support veins both agrophic and other
unlooped; epimedial tertiary category percurrent, mixed opposite
and alternate; tertiary and epimedial tertiary course variable;
vein count around 20, but variable.
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